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Originally Posted by Draxx
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The problem with the trial by jury system is the jurors that are smart enough to make a sound decision are never part of a jury because they're smart enough to get out of jury duty ;-)
So the jury ends up full of idiots.
I've yet to sit on a jury myself...I mean seriously mandatory day off of work where you only get paid like $7.50 an hour? Fuck that, I was making more than that when I was a teenager :-/
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Last time I got called for Jury duty I made out pretty well. Was for a federal case, kidnapping, something about taking drugs across state lines, and murder. Was totally some cartel shit goin on. There were about 15 US marshalls in the court room for the 3 guys they had in there. and they all had translators as none of them spoke English.
Anyway, one of the guys escaped or something and they had to delay the trial, so I got to go in for 2 hours two days in a row, spent like $10 in gas and $10 on parking and ended up getting a check for like $150, I had a decent drive, but was driving a small car at the time that got good mileage. I think it was $40 a day, 10 to reimburse the parking, and the rest was for the distance I had to drive. Pretty shitty pay for a full day, but not bad for a couple hours lol.